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Lilienthal, Otto
(1848-1896)Otto Lilienthal flying his gliding plane "Großer Doppeldecker"

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Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer: Dr. Richard Gustav Neuhauss (1855-1915). Otto Lilienthal flying his gliding plane “Großer Doppeldecker”, Fliegeberg, Berlin-Lichterfelde. Oct. 19, 1895. Vintage gelatin silver print, mounted to board. 16.4 x 20.6 cm. Captioned “Stöllen 1895” in white ink below the image on the mount.

The evolution of photography and aviation shares interesting similarities. In 1884, Ottomar Anschütz began capturing images of storks in flight, marking the first momentary snapshots in the history of photography. By 1890, he developed the "Tachyscope," displaying sequential images of people and animals in motion, which gained popularity at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, highlighting advancements in transportation and industry through widely distributed photographs. In 1891, Otto Lilienthal initiated his flight experiments, lasting five years until his unfortunate death in 1896, due to a flight accident. During this period, photographers such as Ottomar Anschütz, Carl Kassner, Richard Neuhauss, and Alex Krajewski documented Lilienthal's flights near Berlin. These images often circulated as photo postcards and served as crucial documentation for Lilienthal. Unfortunately, the glass negatives of Lilienthal's photographs, archived in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, were destroyed during WWII. – Slight signs of wear to the boards; some spots and specks, otherwise in good condition.